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César Chelala

Dr. César Chelala is an international public health consultant and awinner of several journalism awards.

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ViewsSunday, February 12, 2017A Psychological Portrait of President TrumpLast October, before he was elected President of the U.S., I, among others, put forward the hypothesis that Mr. Donald Trump was a narcissist. I based my interpretation on the fact that he fulfilled practically all the criteria included in the classification of narcissism established by the...Read more

ViewsSunday, December 25, 2016Too Little, Too Late for US Decision on SettlementsThe United States’ abstention on the UN Security Council (UNSC) anti-settlement resolution is a serious blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy of annexation in the West Bank. Israel’s Prime Minister Bureau stated that, “Israel rejects the contemptible, anti-Israel UN resolution and will...Read more

ViewsMonday, December 12, 2016Poverty: The Dark Side of the American Empire If we have learned anything from this last presidential election it’s that poverty continues to be an ignored concept by president-elect Trump and by U. S. politicians. Although both avoid using the word like a naked man avoids a poisonous snake, poverty is integral to the current reality of the U...Read more

ViewsSaturday, November 26, 2016Meeting FidelAs a young medical student in Argentina I had been fascinated by Fidel Castro and his rebel combatants and followed with interest their advance from the mountains to the plains to the capital city of Havana . I longed to visit the island but the US blockade made it extremely difficult to travel to...Read more

ViewsSunday, November 20, 2016Hamilton vs Trump“Apologize!” was President elect Donald Trump conclusion of two messages he wrote to the cast of Hamilton, one of the most successful Broadway musicals in recent times. He was thus responding to the incident in which actor Brandon Victor Dixon, that played Vice President Aaron Burr, addressed the...Read more

ViewsSunday, November 06, 2016I Am One of Your 'Bad Hombres' Señor TrumpDuring the last presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Trump said, “we have some bad hombres here,” in clear reference to the Latinos coming to the United States. As CNN commentator Van Jones explained, “The only time this man has used Spanish in the entire election was used...Read more

ViewsSaturday, October 15, 2016Donald Trump’s Droit Du SeigneurIn medieval Europe, droit du seigneur referred to a legal right which allowed feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women. This tradition, however, had older origins. The Greek historian Herodotus (484-425 BC) claims a similar custom existed among the Adyrmachidae in ancient Lybia...Read more

ViewsMonday, August 08, 2016A Young Syrian Woman of ValorResilience is the capacity that allows some people to bounce back after being knocked down by life. Instead of becoming a victim of adversity, they find a way to come back from the ashes. Yusra Mardini, an 18-year-old Syrian woman swimmer, who just won the opening heat of the 100m butterfly at the...Read more

ViewsSunday, July 17, 2016Military Regimes Shouldn't Be RecognizedThe military upheaval in Turkey, whose final consequences are yet to be seen, highlights a major weakness in worldwide efforts to promote democracy. This event underscores the need to establish binding international legal principles to ban the recognition of military regimes as a result of coups d’...Read more

ViewsMonday, June 20, 2016Children Pay the Highest Price in Global Refugee CrisisThe world is witness to a rapid increase in the number of people forced to flee from wars, conflict and persecution in countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It is estimated that approximately half of the 19.5 million registered refugees at a global level are children and youth. They are...Read more

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